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Tag Archives: 80s
Why do they have to ‘remix’ the classics?
Having grown up during the dawn of the 12” single, I’m a sucker for a remix…of a song, that is. But I finally picked up a copy of the Wii video game Namco Museum Remix and find most of its … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Galaga, Namco Museum Remix, Pac Man, retro gaming, video games, Wii
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Luther the Geek will eat Hannibal Lecter raw!
In 1990, a year before Silence of the Lambs hit theaters, one of my favorite almost-80s slashers hit video. Luther the Geek is a perfectly bizarre, hokey piece of trash that I love. Actually, if you let go of any … Continue reading
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The Lost Boys franchise doesn’t stand a chance without both Corey’s involved
Coincidentally, as Lost Boys: The Tribe hit the top of my horror pile for a rewatch, we today lost 80s icon Corey Haim—well, half an icon, considering he really wasn’t whole unless he was in a movie with Corey Feldman. … Continue reading
Sorority Hos…The House on Sorority Row “remake”
In the 1983 classic The House on Sorority Row, a bunch of sorority sisters unintentionally (sort of) kill their mean house mother and dump her body in a muck-filled pool in the backyard. Of course, you can’t keep a good … Continue reading
Two movies that ushered in the 80s
I’ll never forget when I saw Xanadu in the theaters in 1980. Sure, it featured a bunch of roller skating muses, but this wasn’t no roller disco movie! Not a disco song to be found on the soundtrack. The vivid … Continue reading
Beat Street–80s breakdancing movie on the downbeat
So I was wondering why I couldn’t remember a thing about Beat Street, a film that came out in the heat of the breakdancing movies in 1984. I knew I had to have seen it on cable, because I saw … Continue reading
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Body Rock: The whitest (aka: gayest) breakdancing movie ever
Any questions about Lorenzo Lamas having no career after Grease were squelched by his success in the 80s. Sure, he starred in that Falcon’s Crest show, but his career didn’t truly hit its peak until 1984, when he starred in … Continue reading
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Krush Groove—where hip hop really began
Sure, there are loads of hip hop artists in this 1985 film—Run DMC, the Fat Boys, LL Cool J, Kurtis Blow (who looks more like a cross between Michael Jackson and Prince than the pioneering hip hop artist he was), … Continue reading
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Debbie Harry, Atari joysticks, VHS tapes—Videodrome was years ahead of its time
I remember seeing David Cronenberg’s 1983 film Videodrome on cable as a kid, thinking it was gory, kinky, and awesome because it featured Debbie Harry, but not really getting it. Which of course describes most Cronenberg films. I love it … Continue reading
The 80s were No Small Affair—just one big incestuous cast party…and E.G. Daily was always on the guest list.
Don’t you just love those early 80s movies that you rewatch only to discover that they are loaded with actors and actresses who became A-list later in the decade? Like Fast Times at Ridgemont High and The Outsiders? In my … Continue reading